Machine for treating thread.



No. 682,842. Pateted Sept. I7; l90l. C. CRRN.

MACHINE FR TREATING THREAD.

(Application led Jan. 28, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES,

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osARpcoRnoN, or LYoNs, FRANCE.

MACHINE Fon TREATlNG THREAD.

SPEGIFIGATINforming part of Letters Patent No. 682,842, dated September 17, 1901.

Applicationiiled January 23, 1901. ,Serial No. 44,401. (No model.)v

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that LOSAR'CORRON, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing at Lyons, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Treating Thread, of which the following is a specifica` tion.

This invention relates to the treatment of yarns, thread, and the like in skeins; and the object is to provide a machine for drying, brightening, shaking out, and stretching the material, as will be hereinafter explained.

The lmachine comprises rotary skein-carriers arranged in pairs and adapted to receive the skeins and supplementary rotative cylinders so placed as to come in contact with the outer surfaces of the skeins, one of the skein-carriers of each pair and the adjacent supplementary cylinder being adapted to be heated with steam for the purpose of dry# ing and brightening the opposite faces of the skeins of filamentous material. Widemouthed conduits bring more or 'less heated air and discharge it upon the skeins to accelerate the drying. The skein-carriers which are not heated are carried 'in swing-frames a locking device for holding the frame in its elevated position against the action of the weight, which tends to depress it and which may be regulated by the adjustable counterweight.

permits of their oscillating when unlocked about their pivotal or hinge axes for the purpose of shaking out the skeins, this shaking mechanism being regulable as to the degree or intensity of the shaking movement imparted. The machine has also a stretching device for each swing-frame,which permits of stretchin g each of the skeins to the desired extent by forcing the skein-carriers mounted in the swing-frames from those which are heated by steam.

In the accompanying drawings,which serve to illustrate an embodiment of the invention, Figure lis an end elevation of the machine, and Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.4 Fig. 3 is a section in the plan indicated by line y y inl Fig. l.

On the other hand, these swing` frames are connected with mechanism which` The machine as illustrated has vfour pairsl of skein-carriers, of which the carriers B are rotatively mounted on the frame A of the machine, two alined at each side of the latter and made hollow, so that they may be heated by steam. The steam is supplied by pipes b. 'lhe unheated skein-carriers C are carried by the swing-framesE, hinged or pivoted at e in the machine-frame. The two carriers C at the right inthe drawings are carried by one frame E, and the two at the left by the other frame. Each pair of skein-carriers is combined in operation with a rotative supplementary steam-heated cylinder D, situated parallel with but at a little lower level than the carrier B of the pair in such a position that in the operation of the machine it may come in contact with the outer face of the skein on the corresponding pair of carriers B C. The steam for heating each cylinder D is supplied by a suitable pipe d from any source.

F is the main shaftof the machine, mounted in the lower part of the frame and provided with a belt-pulley f for driving., This shaft drives the inclined shafts G and Gr through bevel-gears g and g', and each of said inclined shafts has at its upper end a screw or worin h, which gears with and drives a wormwheel'h on an intermediateshaft t'. This shaft is geared to the alined and connected skein-carrier B at one side of the machine through toothed wheels t" and i2, the latter being on the shaft or common axis connecting the alined carriers. Each of the wheels t2 gears at its other side with a wheel t3 on the shaft or common axis of the alined cylinders D at 'that side of the machine. In this manner the carrierB receives a relatively slow rotary motion, and this motion it communicates to the corresponding cylinder D in such a manner that every part of the skein shall be successively dried and brightened, the interior as" well as the exterior thereof. Y

Each of the swing-frames E is provided at its upper end with a hook lc, adapted to engage a latch K, so as to hold ythe frame E in its elevated position when not in use.y At its lowerY part each frame E hasan arm m, carrying above the point e a counterweight M, which is adjustable. This device permits of regulating with precision the effect of the weight which tends to depress the frame and with it the skein.- carrier C, which it bears, for stretching the skeins about the pair of carriers B C. On each rock-shaft journaled at e and forming the lower part of a frame E are two arms N, embracing, respectively, two eccentrics, of which one is connected concentrically to a worm-wheel o', gearing with a screw or worm o2 on a shaft O, provided with a hand-crank, the said eccentrics carrying the journal or axis of a roller n', capable of longitudinal displacement. Against the periphery of the roller n the nose p of a cam P on the main shaft F strikes at each revolution of the latter, thus imparting to the corresponding swing-frame E a certain angular displacement in the direction of the arrow seen in Fig. l. As soon as the nose of the cam P passes the roller rn' the swingframe falls back under the infiuence of gravity with a predetermined weight and force secured through the medium of the counterweight M. These up-and-down vibratory movements of the swing-frame are very rapid and very efiicaciously agitate and shake out the skeins on the carriers B C. In operating the shaft O the wheel o is turned on its aXis in such a manner as to increase or diminish the distance of the periphery of the roller `n froml the axis of the main shaft F for regulating the intensity or force of the shaking of the skeins in the sense that the latter may be increased or diminished by simply varying the extent of movement of the swingframe or be maintained constant after stretching the skeins, which necessarily brings about a shortening of the said distance, and consequently an increase of the intensity of the shaking out of the skeins.

At each side of the machine is provided means for stretchingthe skeins, comprising a lever Q, pivotally fulcrumed on the machineirame and coupled to a second lever R, with a attened journal r, engaginga fixed keeperguide q. The lever Q carries at its free end a nut S, through which extends an upright screw s, having a jointed attachment below at s' to the frame and a hand-wheel s2 at its upper end. The journal r of the lever R may be coupled to the common axis of the two alined skein-carriers C at that side by a coupling-bar T, having a hook at each end, which engage the respective parts, as seen at the left in Fig. l. The parts may be readily disconnected by the removal of the bar T, as will be the case, for example, while the agitating or shaking out of the skeins is being eected; but when the connection is established by the bar T the operator may, by operating the screw s, draw down the skeincarriers C, and thus stretch the skeins on the pairs of carriers -B C at that side of the machine. During this stretching operation the roller n will be shifted so that it will not be acted on by the cam P, and this may be effected either through the operation of the shaft O or by means of a shifting-fork Q',

which embraces said roller 'n' and serves to moveit laterally out of the path of the cam. The object of this shifting is of course to avoid any action of the cam P on the swingframe E during the stretching operation.

In order to accelerate the drying of the skeins or to assist in drying them, means are provided for discharging air more or less heated on the skeins while the latter are on the carriers. U is the main air-supply pipe and from it extends branches fu, terminating in broad outlets adjacent to the respective pairs of skein-carriers. These branches are clearly shown in the drawings. The steamheated cylinders will of course be provided with means for drawing off the water of condensation. In Fig. 1, at the left, X designates the skein in position on the carriers B C and shows how the heated cylinder D bears thereon. The device Qis in substance a belt-shifter.

V Having thus described my invent-ion, I claimn l. In a machine for drying, brightening, shaking and stretching filamentous materials in skeins, the combination with rotary skeincarriers one of which is steam-heated, of a swing-frame carrying the lower of the said skein-carriers and adapted to swing up and down for shaking the skein, whereby its downward motion takes place under the infinence of gravity with a predetermined weight, automatic means for causing the vibratory movements of the said swing-frame and a stretching device arranged so as to permit to force down the skein-carrier mounted on the swing-trame through the medium of a coupling to be disconnected therefrom when the swing-frame is to be Vibrated up and down for the shaking operation.

2. In a machine for drying, brightening, shaking and stretching filamentous materials in skeins, the combination with rotary skeincarriers one of which is steam heated, a steam-heated cylinder in position to bear on the outer face of the skein and means for driving the said cylinder and carriers, of a swingframe carrying the lower of the said skeincarriers and adapted to swing up and down for shaking the skein, whereby its downward motion takes place under the iniiuence of gravity with a predetermined weight, automatic means for causing the Vibratory movements of the said swing-frame and a stretching device arranged so as to permit to force down the skein-carrier mounted on the swingframe through the medium of a coupling to be disconnected therefrom when the swingframe is to be Vibrated up and down for the shaking operation.

3. In a machine for drying, brightening, shaking and stretching iilamentons materials in skeins, the combination with rotary skeincarriers one of which is steam-heated, of a swing-frame carrying the lower of the said skein-carriers and adapted to swing up and down for shaking the skein, whereby its IOO IIO

downward motion takes place under the influence of gravity with a predetermined weight, automatic means for causing the Vibratory movements of the said swing-frame and a stretching device comprising an operating-screw, a sliding piece connected thereto and at least one hooked coupling-bar for the temporary connection of the skein-carrier mounted on the swing-frame with the said sliding piece.

4. In a machine for drying, brightening, shaking and stretching filamentous materials in skeins, the combination with rotary skeincarriers one of which is steam-heated, of a swing-frame carrying the lower of the said skein-carriers and adapted to swing up and down for shaking the skein, whereby its downward motion takes place under the inuence of gravity with a predetermined weight, automatic means for causing the Vibratory movements of the said swing-frame, a stretching device arranged so as to permit to force down the skein-carrier mounted on the swing-frame through the medium' of a coupling to be disconnected therefrom when the swing-frame is to be vibrated up and down for the shaking operation and means for regulating the intensity or force of the shaking of the skein in the sense that the latter may be increased or diminished by varying the stroke of the swing-frame, or be maintained constant, after stretching the skein.

5. In a machine for drying, brightening, shakingand stretching filamentous materials in skeins, the combination with rotary skeincarriers one of which is steam-heated, a steamheated cylinder in position to bear on the outer face of the skein and means for driving the said cylinder and carriers, of a swingframe carrying the lower of the said skeincarriers and adapted to swing up and down for shaking the skein, whereby its downward motion takes place under the influence of gravity with a predetermined weight, automatic means for lcausing the vibratory movements ot' the said swing-frame, a stretching device arranged so as to permit to force down the skein-carrier mounted on the swing-frame through the medium of a coupling to be disconnected therefrom when the swing-frame is to be vibrated upand down for the shaking operation, and means for regulating the intensity or force of the shaking of the skein in the sense that the latter may be increased or diminished by varying the strokes of the swing-frame, orbe maintained constant, after stretching the skein. Y

6. In a machine for drying, brightening,

shaking and stretching filamentous materials i' of gravity with a predetermined weight, a revolved actuating-cam, a roller cooperating therewith and mounted von the swing-frame through the medium of an adjustable eccentric mechanism and a stretching device arranged so as to permit to force down the skeincarrier mounted on the swing-frame through the medium of a coupling to bedisconnected therefrom when the swing-frame is to be vibrated up and down for the shaking operation.

'7. In a machine for drying, brightening, shaking and stretching iilamentous materials in skeins, the combination with rotary skeincarriers one of which is steamheated,a steamheated cylinder in position to bear on the outer face of the skein and means for driving the said cylinder and carriers, of a swingframe carrying the lower of the said skeincarriers and adapted to swing up and down for shaking the skein, whereby its downward motion takes place under the influence of gravity with a predetermined weight, automatic means for causing the vibratory movements of the said swing-frame, a stretchingdevice arranged so as to permit to force down the skein-carrier mounted on the swing-frame through the medium of a coupling to be disconnected therefrom when the swing-frame is to be vibrated up and down for the shaking operation and means for projecting a blast of hot air against the skein on the carriers, below the said steam-heated cylinder.

In witness whereof I- have hereunto signed my name, this 2d day of January, 1901, in the presence ot two subscribing witnesses.

CSAR ooRRoN.

Witnesses:

JEAN GERMAIN, THos. N. BRowNE. 

